Censorship, not Trump, is threat to democracy – Vance

Limits on free speech have become the biggest threat to the US democracy, Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance claimed during a televised debate on Tuesday.

Donald Trump’s running mate for the November election faced off with his Democratic opponent, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, on CBS News.

Vance claimed that “rather than debating and persuading fellow Americans,” Democratic nominee Kamala Harris “would like to censor people who engage in misinformation.”

“Harris is engaged in censorship on an industrial scale. She has done it over a number of issues. That’s a bigger threat to democracy than what Donald Trump said when he said protesters should peacefully protest on January 6.”

Vance was referring to the January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol building in Washington by Trump supporters…